Improved washing-machine



@anni @Wire J. s. MERCHANT Or HOPEDALE, OHIO.

Leners Para: No. 97,791, dated December 14, 1869.v

IMPROVEP WASHIGMACBINE.

y The Schedule refnedto in these Letters Patentnd making part of the sanne To allavhom it may concern.' fr

Beit known that I, J. S. MERCHANT, of Hopedale, in the county of Harrison, and State of Ohio, have invented a new andl useful Improvement in \Vash ing-Machines; and I do hereby declare thatr the following 4is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

. which` will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being-had tothe accom'- panying` drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in machines for washing clothes, and consists in the construction and arrangement hereinafter described. In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of the machine.` 1 Figure 2 is a top view.

Similar letters of `reference indicate conesponding parts. y

suitable depth, and elevatedon legs B.

C is the bed, or concave, inv two parts, together forming the are of a circle, of corrugated' surface.

Each portion of theconcave is kept in position by means of the end-pieces D, tol which the. corrugated i hed() is fastened, which pieces extend bach to the ends of the machine Or box, as seen in the drawing.

E is the rubber, which is semicircula-r in form, with a ribbed surface.

This rubberlorms the end of a lever, whose fulcrum is at F, andthe machine is operated byoscillating this' rubber, by means of the lever, back and fortlifover the concave,'the clothes to 'be washedbeing Vplaced bfetween the two.

G is'thc fulcrum-rod, the end of which enters slots A is the box or vessel, which js of oblong form and- H in the sides of the machine-box A, which slots allow the fulcrum-pivots F and rubber to rise and fall, acp cording tothe quantity of clothes in the machine.

The two yparts of the concave (l are readily removable froln the box.

By removing one part, the machine is adapted to washing bed-quilts or other heavy articles.

machine is ready'for ner articles, or for ordinary washing.

It will be seen that the rubber rests on the clothes, and that the dirt is expelled by a squeezing and rub- ',bing-process, which proves more effective than any' other in washing clothes.

p The spaces J J, between the end-pieces D, behind theends ci' the concave, allow suiiicient, space for soaking the clothes before washing, thus rendering the common wash-tub unnecessary for the purpose.

The Vrubber is readily lifted from the machine by thelever K, when that is necessary.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

lhe washing-machine, consistingr of therectangular tub A, the removable ooneavcs C C, provided with endpieces Ory extensions D D, forming the spaces J J, and thesemicircular rubber Il, forming one end of a lever; K, whose fulcrum-rod G works in vertical vslots in the lsides of the tub, all constructed, combined, and arranged as-shown and described.

' J.. S. MERCHANT.

Vlitnes'ses:A l JAMEs SCOTT,

p A. S. SIMPSON.

When y both parts are employed, as seen in the drawing, the 

